Fertile Ground CTC

Redemption Transformation Center

Shining Star

By Prison Fellowship | Posted January 4, 2013Each year, Prison Fellowship recognizes volunteers and employees who have made a difference in the lives of prisoners and their families by presenting them with the Shining Star Award. For 13 years, Gary Lane has been a weekly volunteer at the Carol S. Vance Unit near Houston, home to Prison Fellowship’s InnerChange Freedom Initiative (IFI), a faith-based reentry program for prisoners that begins 18-24 months before their release date and continues for a year once they are released. Clocking in over 4,000 volunteer hours, Gary conducts Search for Significance and Heart of the Problem classes each week and leads seminars at many other state facilities. And all of this is after an 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift at his job.—Tracy C.